The thing you need to understand and your doctor isn't going to tell you this is that antidepressants actually have anxiety as a side-effect!!! I know that doesn't sit well with most people, but it's true. My sister was told this by a neurologist, and I've googled meds I was on when I had problems and found it's true. Google your med with the term 'side-effects, anxiety' and see what you come up with. Chances are you'll find lots of forum discussion about this.

One reason for so many strange side-effects is because meds block the body's ability to utilize nutrients such as magnesium that is needed in 300 functions in the body. And the stress of detoxing meds from the liver depletes the body of magnesium so the longer a person is on meds, the more likely they are to experience a host of strange side-effects which is what happened to me.